The Labor enquirer., 1887-09-10
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ed TO ~ suppogt q this declantien, and we
ask for them ths votss Of The psople.
II ws should wlste cur tine on side issao
or keep dlent o. remain slaviohly in tho
nnlD d ~ old parties. Tie very. stones at
our fesf would csy oat. Murder = commit
ted daytg daS thrnpgh the infamous wage
systeme Children ~ slain. women worked
70 odeath, nn kiIled in,A ~ ineh, md these
crimes m nevef punished " Nv. sThs A.
fairs II ihh land are a1m|hIs1lsed ~ ths
capihlist 49, foe thek owtl bsnsnk Thsy
deny rs jlGlics n6sr$y mn he full Deoceeds
Of our laboe. The mechanic ilnks b slav-
cry, tho fsrnee fAlls 70 tenAn y. I'his I'd.
ministzaiiou e aAhirS suin ~ no longer. e
leads 10 dlsastEons conssousncsa. In II u
Of only physical but mental and noral deg
adation. While one paxt Of q are Woslked
to deoth ~ othefs out Of empleynent are
starved b death. There = hltA. injustice,
drankenssa. prostitution and theft There
s6oald Be light liberty, lAw, civilization and
justice.
The competitive wage system is tho canse
Of al this. IT. remedy, science telh n. lles
in the co-operative association Of the collect
i've people; In the assumption and opeFa-
ton ny them Of the natural resources, the
tools Of production. the mediums Of ex-
change, communication and transportation.
In 20 far as these things can be carried
out these means enforced, these ideas put
into practice. We are pledged by this plat.
form through our nominees, If elected ia
apply the remedy.
! Let the workers and thinkers rally to the
support Of the Right
]. H. Croxton, the minority Of
the committee reported a long
platform of many planks-the one
adopted by new club'just form
ing called the Peoples Club"
He wanted that accepted for uni
|ty's" sake. He spoke an hour on
the matter when an adjournment
was taken leaving the report still
before the house. Croxton made
a good many bad breaks in his
address upon the minority report
and so many members were anx-
I'ious to knock him out" that they
got mad about not having the
chance. They are going to take
it next Wednesday night and the
fun will be fast and furious. Even
some of the ladies we're so stirred
up over some of Lawyer Crox-
tons heresies that they almost
mobbed him after adjournment.
Miss Cohn, Miss Mccarthy, Mrs.
Cochrane and half a dozen more
had him in the corner shaking
pretty fingers at him and knock
ing him out every FIVE seconds
with the most inimitable logic.
"Why, you G ant argue at all" said
one; THE idea! a lawyer and
can't argue. Shame! You say it
is American to 60 only half aVa,
and not tell the plain truth-all Of
it. Why, that is SO isn't it7 The
Declaration of independence
reads: I'VE hold these truths to
be haIfaVay self evident, that all
men are created halfaOay free and
equal! On, MY" And then
friend Croxton wiped his forhead
and tried to skip out; but .it was
no use. Another pair of fair lips
cooed in his ear: Your platform
you say wants some of the things
we want. You say they run par
allel for distance and why not
let us 60 together as far as they
60 Why it is because we are go
ing to different places. Parallel
lines never touch, sir! Its like a
sum in arithmetic. We say 2 plus
plus ? equals 6; you say 2 plus
plus Io equals 6! And you want